does anyone here know what kind of specific hardware that the big time trance producers use? like what kind of hardware they use to make a song and what brands of synths, keyboards, samplers, sequencers, software and other stuff that they use.

I asked the same question a few days ago and got one reply :/
I guess not many people know

here is my thread: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...&threadid=14782

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in magazines like future music, sometimes they interview artists and list their gears...the list is usually very very long ^o^;;

but, one synth that seems to be on everyone's list is the jp-8000 or the jp-8080 rack version.

for software...bt uses protools exclusively. quote 'with plugins you won't be hearing for years' ^o^. maybe that is significant. bt is THE producer when it comes to technical side, imo.

but, there are professional albums made with nothing more than a tracker. there is a rumor of a buzz-only album released by mike paradinas' lable.

It's a hard question to answer cause it's so fague...that's why not alot of responses....depends what you want to do...how much money you have...blah blah blah....Each Synth and Drum machine has different sounds so each producer will not have the same equipment....

alright thanks a lot for the replys guys

I made a post to another thread about how crisp George Acosta's CD's sound. I'm going to try to find out what he uses and if I do I'll post my findings.

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Originally posted by trancedance I made a post to another thread about how crisp George Acosta's CD's sound. I'm going to try to find out what he uses and if I do I'll post my findings.

Yes, Acosta's cd's alwayz sound nice and crisp. I wish I had more of them, hook me up please . PM me

I've read a lot on this subject, and it is true that different producers have different tools, so it's difficult to say "this" is what the pros use.

But from what i read it seems that macs are prefered over pc's for running the sequencer and so on. As for sequencers, Logic is the most used i think.

As for synths, mixers and so on, there's so much out there. One synth that i have seen many places is the access virus. From what i've heard it's quality

What u should do is browsing sites that does reviews and make up your own opinion. http://www.intermusic.com is a good place to start as it has a lot of links and great reviews..

Peace

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Reminds me of what Fatboy Slim says...."everybody needs a 303" ....*hint hint*

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Originally posted by Ckerr812 Reminds me of what Fatboy Slim says...."everybody needs a 303" ....*hint hint*

303 is the phattest synth ive ever tried... along with the moogs and some other i really dont remember the name of

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All right, you really want to know?
There it goes.
Buy a hard disk recorder, Alesis for example, or a good quality audio card to go into your computer. You need a good large screen monitor so you can mix your tracks visually. You need a good mixer if you go with the computer setup, possibly from Tascam. Then you need synthesizers like KS rack from Novation, Motif rack from Yamaha and Nord 3 as you controler keyboard, You're going to need a drum machine too. You can buy a used TR-808 or 909 from Roland or go with ER-1 from Korg (inexpensive and good). You're going to need software equalizer and compressor, a good reverb. All of these you can get from Waves. They're awesome. You also need good studio monitors. The best are Event 20/20 powered monitors.
Then you need to know how to set it up...
All in all, you need a lot of time and most of all MONEY.
For a good studio, around $15,000.00 CAD